Thanks to everybody who answered my original post on this project.
The airplane I own is aerobatic and I really don't need more precision than 1/2 G.
The mechanical instrument have inertia and integrate the instantaneous G loads to give an average reading. The electronic component shows instantaneous G loads
that should tear the airplane apart. So I have to average the values so that I do not get too scared. So a 2 digits display with a +/- indicator is all I need.

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> From: Andy Kunz <montana@FAST.NET>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Accelerometer Project
> Date: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 2:47 PM
>
> >Remembering, this is in a light aircraft, how about.
> >
> >     +ve G =  AM = A)scending Mode
> >     -ve G =  PM = P)arachute Mode
>
> And light aircraft, unless aerobatic, aren't known for pulling high G's,
> and the 1/100 resolution of the display is going to mean vibration, not
> true G forces, it becomes irrelevant.
>
> Also, the AM/PM indicator is a triangle in the top left corner, not a word
> or something like that.
>
> Another day or two and I'll have a first pass PDF available.  You can look
> for yourself then.  BTW, it will include a net list to connect to a 5852
> and to a PIC16C54, with source code for the '54 including some math and
> bitmaps.
>
> Andy
>
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